Recovery Support Specialist

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Job Title : Recovery Support Specialist

Reports To : Program Director and Site Medical Director

Department : Operations

Purpose :

Recovery Support Specialist must be organized, personable, and capable of balancing the needs of multiple patients as well as their healthcare providers and insurance representatives to address barriers that will ensure the patient can navigate their recovery experience by demonstrating the following skills : active listening, service orientation, social perceptiveness, critical thinking, time management, active learning, good judgment and decision making, verbal communication skills, and ability to monitor for progress and needed interventional actions.

Duties :

The Recovery Support Specialist will act as an integral member of the ReVIDA Recovery multidisciplinary team by supporting patients in obtaining their individualized goals, by building and strengthening linkages with community resources and family members by deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all the participants concerned with a patient's care to achieve safer and more effective care. The Recovery Support Specialist will assist individuals in opioid use disorder treatment in developing a service plan, referrals, and linkage, ensuring the patient has access / continuity of care throughout the mental health and primary care system, ensuring each patient has resources to acquire medication, has transportation for appointments, and attends appointments. The Recovery Support Specialist will ensure individuals have access to psychosocial rehabilitation, support, employment, and housing options while encouraging the individual to utilize community / natural supports to assist in managing substance use disorders.

Physical, Emotional Demands, and Work Conditions :

• Work is sedentary and ambulant with occasional physical exertion (lifting 30 or more pounds, walking, standing, etc.) ability to support patient weight in case of emergency or disability requiring assistance. Must be able to see, stoop, sit, stand, bend, reach, and be mobile (whether natural or with accommodation).
• Quality of hearing (whether natural or with accommodation) must be acceptable. Must be able to communicate both verbally and in writing. Must be able to relate to and work with mentally and physically ill, disabled, emotionally upset, and hostile patients.
• Must be emotionally stable and exhibit the ability to display coping skills to deal with multiple situations. Risk of exposure to infections, bloodborne pathogens, and other potentially infectious materials or contagious diseases. For this reason, "Universal Precautions" must always be followed.
• The Recovery Support Specialist should understand, support, and comply with the established workplace violence, ADA, EEOC, and Corporate Compliance program and commit to worker safety, health, and patient safety. Subject to work schedule and shift changes.

Supervision / competency evaluations : Supervision and competency evaluations are provided through facility monitoring activities, direct observation, staff meetings, in-services, management meetings, individual meetings, Employee Improvement processes, reporting, interactions, strategic planning, outcomes, and annual competency review.

Competencies :

Care Coordinator Requirements :

Experience :

Licensure :

Special Requirements : Knowledge of applicable State Code of Regulations and 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 2. Compliance with accepted professional standards and practices; Ongoing adherence to the NAADAC Code of Ethics and any other applicable Codes of Ethics for their respective profession.

Continuing Education & Professional Licensing / Certification Requirements : The employee is expected to participate in appropriate continuing education as requested and required by their immediate supervisor. In addition, the employee is expected to accept personal responsibility for other educational activities to enhance job-related skills and abilities. The employee must attend mandatory educational programs and maintain current professional certifications as delineated above in their state, in good standing.

While this job description is intended to reflect the job requirements, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs, or technological developments) dictate. Furthermore, they do not establish an employment contract and are subject to change at the employer's discretion.